SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
It isn’t easy to stand out among the virtual reality headsets available today. But Merge VR is trying to do something different with its holographic toy, the Holo Cube, which lets users interact with holograms through augmented reality technology. The Holo Cube is a block that you hold in front of your face while looking through...
HoloLamp debuted its augmented reality projector system today at CES 2017, the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week. The projector makes it possible for augmented reality to interact with real objects, and no special glasses or smartphone are required to see its animated images. The result looks a lot like that scene in Star...
A number of new virtual reality (VR) headsets and technologies went to market in 2016, but without content, VR viewers are little more than futuristic-looking ski goggles. And this is why we’re starting to see a number of VR cameras enter the fray, including Nokia’s $45,000 Ozo, Facebook’s $30,000 Surround, GoPro’s $15,000 Odyssey, and upstarts...
Hidden Figures is an upcoming feature film that chronicles the lesser-known story of African American women at NASA and their crucial role into positioning the US at the forefront of the Space Race. The film is a critically acclaimed and pivotal sharing of an untold story and it’s getting a deep augmented experience to accompany...
The battles between Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA are a constant clash of giants for the hearts and minds of the computing world and, more specifically, gamers. Intel has edged out AMD in recent years in terms of processing and the two will collectively continue to dominate for years to come in that field, but AMD may...
HTC’s new Vive Tracker accessory was announced today, and while the company says it will launch to consumers in Q2 2017, ahead of that release HTC plans to give away at least 1,000 to VR developers. At CES 2017 today, HTC announced their new Vive Tracker accessory, a standalone tracking device which is made to...
These days, if you walk through Best Buy, you will see an entire area designated to smart home technology. Thanks to the interest and growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), this exciting new technology has finally entered the mainstream. Appliances, thermostats, and even the lighting throughout your house can be controlled from your computer...
HTC announced a brand new component for its Vive family of virtual reality products. The new addition revealed at CES 2017 is known as the “Vive Tracker” and its purpose is to give developers the opportunity to more easily turn ordinary objects into objects that can be tracked in VR using the Vive’s “lighthouse” tracking system. The Vive...
Instead of revealing a brand new Vive 2.0 of some kind, which HTC already told us wouldn’t be happening, the Taiwan-based company is using CES 2017 to unveil a slew of new accessories consumers can integrate into their already purchased HTC Vive VR headsets. One of the most surprising new additions is the “Deluxe Audio Strap.” If...
Details are sparse at this point but HTC announced a subscription plan for Vive content at CES today. The company is not talking price, what content will be included in the plan or precisely when it will launch, saying only that pricing and content details would be revealed soon and the service would be made...
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